Neil Armstrong: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LM [lunar module] footpads are only depressed in the surface about one or two inches, although the surface appears to be very, very fine-grained as you get close to it.

It's almost like a powder. [The] ground mass is very fine. (Pause.)

I'm going to step off the LM now. (Long pause.)

That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. (Long pause.)

Yes, the surface is fine and powdery. I can kick it up loosely with my toe. It does adhere in fine layers, like powdered charcoal, to the sole and sides of my boots. I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine, sandy particles.

Houston: Neil, this is Houston. We're copying. (Long pause.)

Armstrong: There seems to be no difficulty in moving around - as we suspected. It's even perhaps easier than the simulations of one-sixth G that we performed in the various simulations on the ground. It's absolutely no trouble to walk around.

109 hours, 34 minutes, 56 seconds since liftoff:

Armstrong: It has a stark beauty all its own. It's like much of the high desert of the United States. It's different, but it's very pretty out here.

109 hours, 36 minutes, 7 seconds since liftoff:

Buzz Aldrin: Didn't know you could throw so far.

Armstrong: (Chuckling) You can really throw things a long way up here!

109 hours, 43 minutes, 16 seconds since liftoff:

Aldrin: Beautiful view!

Armstrong: Isn't that something! Magnificent sight out here.

110 hours, 9 minutes, 3 seconds since liftoff:

Michael Collins (who is in orbit around the moon): Yeah. Reading you loud and clear. How's it going?

Houston: Roger. The [extra-vehicular activity] is progressing beautifully. I believe they are setting up the flag now.

Collins: Great!

Houston: I guess you're about the only person around that doesn't have TV coverage of the scene.